FDA chief counsel who defended abortion pill under Biden resigns 2 days into job

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The top lawyer who was appointed to the position this week has resigned.

“Hilary K. Perkins immediately resigned from the FDA’s chief adviser,” the FDA’s official X account said.

Perkins is a former assistant director of the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) – on Tuesday, General Sean Keveney, acting as part of the department’s “reorganization” effort, according to the HHS press release.

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Perkins’ resignation comes two days after she chose the FDA’s chief attorney as part of a larger restructuring effort touted by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images)

She has defended abortion pill visits before Highly anticipated cases According to a report this week by Axios, HHS officials were not satisfied with the decision to appoint Perkins, but were rejected by White House officials.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. In a statement on Tuesday When Perkins’ mission was announced Tuesday. “These people will return institutions to gold standards of science, evidence-based medicine, and recalibrate their trajectory for public health rather than industry wealth.”

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